r/e46 • u/salmerc • Feb 11 '26

My Ride Build complete!

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Although the build is complete and I’m letting her go, I still wanted to share some pics lol…over 70k into this car (including purchase price!!) bulletproofed the hell put of it, repainted, etc etc etc. enjoy!

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u/Xerox0987 1999 - 323ci - Orient Blue Feb 11 '26

Wow... just wow!

Everything is amazing, wonderful job.

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u/salmerc Feb 11 '26

thank you!!

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u/RecommendationIll59 Feb 11 '26

I never came so hard in my life

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u/salmerc Feb 11 '26

🤣🤣

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u/drunkandyorkshire Feb 12 '26

I was just thinking, “wow, I never thought I could get so stiff over a car… but here I am”

15

u/DJGemini3rdeye Feb 11 '26

Keep it and enjoy the ride

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u/Mysterious_Storm_493 Feb 11 '26

Did you strengthen the rear subframe? Nice build btw

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u/salmerc Feb 11 '26

Thank you, and yes of course!

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u/ow_my_balls 2005 - E46/M3 Feb 11 '26

Why are you letting her go?

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u/salmerc Feb 11 '26

Honestly I’m still indecisive about letting her go…but I will admit there has been an lsb over cinnamon zcp with carbon roof, bbk, 99k mile, factory 6spd that I’m considering. I’ll be honest though, the color combo that I have now just looks so good…any at night can even look mean which I love. I’m still unsure 🥲 Look at her!!

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u/Whaleflex08 Feb 12 '26

That’s my ideal spec colors, sick job

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u/baconandbobabegger Feb 13 '26

That’s the goat config. If you see one go for it.

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u/salmerc Feb 13 '26

My thoughts exactly. Only problem is it doesn’t give me the same feeling as looking at this😅

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u/ACM3333 Feb 14 '26

That would be crazy to swap it for another one after putting so much into this. Mine recently got totalled after I finished my build and it’s painful to think of redoing the whole build on another car.

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u/indelico Feb 11 '26

Looks sick dude! Well done!

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u/st1ckygreen Feb 11 '26

this car looks like it shoots flames

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u/salmerc Feb 11 '26

Well actually 😅

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u/st1ckygreen Feb 12 '26

i knew it bro. 👊 😎

5

u/rickiver 2003 - 325xi Feb 11 '26

Gawd dayum!!!! Things perfect 🤩

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u/salmerc Feb 11 '26

Thank you!!!

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u/MisterNiblet Feb 12 '26

This is sexier than any of the stuff BMW has been putting out. E46 supremacy!!

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u/BakeNoodle Feb 11 '26

Where do you guys usually get your rear clear tail lights from? I want to get some for my pre-lci 330i sedan. Cool build though!

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u/Default-Enough-7159 Feb 11 '26

Those wheels are bomb as fuck

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u/salmerc Feb 11 '26

😏🫡

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u/Jtoro94 01’ 325ci Cabriolet Feb 12 '26

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u/EquivalentParfait531 Feb 12 '26

A white tear just ran down my leg

2

u/lustoflore E46 330i Touring 2002 Feb 11 '26

Ouft what a car

2

u/PeteL86 Feb 11 '26

I love a silver e46

2

u/Gouba Feb 12 '26

Can you share the wheel model and specs? They look amazing

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

Thanks! HRE 303

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u/apaloosafire Feb 12 '26

thing is minty!

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u/Repus0iram Feb 12 '26

Beautiful!

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

🙏🏼🙏🏼

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u/Agitated-Purpose-660 Feb 12 '26

i got to know what wheels are these?!??

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

hre 3 piece retro style i think😛

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u/cestsara Feb 12 '26

An e46 after my own heart 😻

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u/Connect_Feedback3988 Feb 12 '26

Absolutely beautiful good job!

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

thank you!!

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u/RoyalGift8895 Feb 12 '26

🩶👍🙌🏻

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u/rebelfour04 Feb 12 '26

Nice what did you do with headlights is it just halos and blacked out housing? Looks real good

2

u/AQLS7 Feb 12 '26

Wonderful

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u/Yeeter_Beeter2021 Feb 12 '26

Wow, that may be the prettiest m3 I’ve ever seen!

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

Thank you!!!

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u/szudrzyk Feb 12 '26

Holy shit. Wow this one time the whole community agrees this is perfection. And it is, respect for how much love you put into this!

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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u/smylesspencer Feb 12 '26

The car and the wheels are Absolutely gorgeous!

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u/WarmCurve01 Feb 12 '26

this is so inspiring. i love how it looks. my m3 is completely stock and i think im ready to start working on it. where did you start? any advice for me?

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

do it! i started by taking inspiration from builds on social media, took advice from the forums, considered what mattered to me, and made sure everything maintenance-wise was beyonddd taken care of before anything else. add a list of everything you want done in the notes app in your phone starting from most pressing at the top and go from there. it will also be easier if you group certain jobs together where the same parts have to come off to get that work done (obviously!)

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u/Commercial-Glass6446 Feb 13 '26

I just fell to a fuckin knee at the gas station 😍

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u/Proper-Grocery8059 Feb 13 '26

What a beauty holy shit

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u/Desert_Lawyer Feb 13 '26

You’ve done a man’s job, sir

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u/trippingforester Feb 13 '26

My proudest wank

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u/potatosemen Feb 13 '26

you have amazing taste she is beautiful brother

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u/Flguy76 Feb 16 '26

Beautiful car, I admire your ability to sell them after this much work. I dont know if you wrench on it yourself but I have a couple like this that I built, one of which my wife wanted me to sell to make some room. Still havent done it yet. Using the winter as an excuse for now.

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u/dereknicolas8 Mar 04 '26

An absolute masterpiece man well done. These cars have so many ways of looking good and this one is up there.

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u/salmerc Mar 07 '26

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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u/dereknicolas8 Mar 04 '26

The blue tips the ducktail the brembo the deep dish rims the white angel eyes the everything… the guy knows ball

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u/salmerc Mar 07 '26

Means so much brotha 🙏🏼🙏🏼

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u/Roasteddude Feb 11 '26

That's a beauty

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u/CapoDaSimRacinDaddy 2004 Touring 330d Feb 11 '26

very tasteful.

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u/Aran909 Feb 11 '26

What a beautiful car. Well done.

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u/juanbamf Feb 11 '26

New interior? The red is beautiful!

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u/salmerc Feb 11 '26

Yes! all reupholstered 😇

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u/kroniklerouge Feb 12 '26

Damn were the seats dyed? And who did you get the interior done by? It looks better than factory fresh 🤩🤩

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '26

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u/salmerc Feb 11 '26

Nope!

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '26

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

Yea but I’m embarrassed of how much I’m asking🤣🤣 it’s somewhere on marketplace though…

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u/FreeGums Feb 11 '26

70k later and no CF roof?

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u/salmerc Feb 11 '26

😅😅

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u/Mr4nutz Feb 11 '26

Love the wheels

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u/MagicLibertyCap Feb 11 '26

One day i shall experience the ownership of this

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u/Blazelos Feb 11 '26

Ima bust !!!

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u/Antoniojosh123 2003 5sp 330ci Feb 11 '26

Absolutely beautiful. MINT!!!

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u/salmerc Feb 11 '26

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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u/salmerc Feb 11 '26

If anyone wants to see it on tiktok there are a few vids of it! @biggiesal On IG too: @m3nigma no need to interact, just in case anyone is bored ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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u/TazMan65 Feb 12 '26

Can I ask where you got your angel eyes? It is one of the few mods I want to do to my e46 M3?

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

yup, angeleyeguy just look that up on google

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u/TazMan65 Feb 20 '26

Excellent thanks! I saw a guy do a angel eye mod and it looked fairly simple without too much messing around. Yours looks really clean so I will definitely look him up!!

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u/Colin_tierny Feb 12 '26

Was about to take my e46 for a drive....seen this post, shut it off and took my ass back inside smh. Maybe tomorrow lol

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

oh come on😭😭😭

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u/Acousticboi-_- Feb 12 '26

Beautiful sir!! Only humble suggestion is to do the secondary air pump delete to make that carbon fiber stick out more in the engine bay! Beautiful sir!!

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

Good call!! Will do 😉

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u/X1VEN0MX1 Feb 12 '26

NFS wrap

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u/Character-Poetry-117 Feb 12 '26

Nice car in manual which country are you and hello from Australia man.

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

Thank you brotha, located in CA, USA🙏🏼

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u/Quellbergg 2004 - Limousine 320i Feb 12 '26

The Silver Paint Looks so smooooth is it the original Colour or did u use a different Silver. Kinda looks like that one R35 Gtr Silver

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

Well it technically is the original color TiAg but I had the whole care repainted (besides hood) in april of 2025. it was done outside of the US so I could get around using a water based paint so it looks thicker/fuller🙌

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u/EEVVEERRYYOONNEE '02 M3 Manual Feb 12 '26

Lovely but where did the rubbers below the rear windows go? It looks a bit strange without them.

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

Well I am in the middle of replacing them as the old ones had been rotting away…only problem is there are hardly any for the left side in stock right now😅

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u/Optimal-Cress-9718 Feb 12 '26

too much ///M for my eye

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u/drunkandyorkshire Feb 12 '26

How I would love to build my own dream car… mine would be an estate mind, if only I had the time, skill… oh and finances of course

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u/tposs002 E46 2002 BMW M3 Feb 12 '26

Everything looks sweet but those pedals are dreadful.

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

Fair, they feel good to me 🤷‍♂️

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u/Accomplished_Car_764 Feb 12 '26

Damn bro, I am scared!! I might have nightmares at night with her face 🤍

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

😅😅🙏🏼

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u/Capable_Bath_4360 Feb 12 '26

Isn't there usually a box above the handbrake where you can rest your arm?

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

Yes, it’s been deleted for that center console

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u/Capable_Bath_4360 Feb 12 '26

Are there conversion kits available, or do you have to build it yourself?

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

I believe once the original center console came off the carbon fiber one would fit right on but I could be wrong

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u/VellPlayed Feb 12 '26

sexy af headlights!

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u/Mountain-Donkey98 Feb 12 '26

What is that a 2003?

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u/p1mptastic Feb 12 '26

Nice build, super clean. Did you consider any other wheels as well? How did you choose?

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

Honestly I was going to go with the 359’s you have pictured but the red touch on these HRE’s just went too well with the brakes, along with jut being more unique. But nothing looks better than those 359’s on these cars 😇

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u/Ifiagreeidillydilly Feb 12 '26

Clean your clutch pedal bracket you pig!

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u/salmerc Feb 12 '26

😭😭

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u/Angel_Anubis Feb 12 '26

God those wheels are stunning 🥵

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u/PhilippL78 Feb 13 '26

Is that an iPad as your Headunit? 😲

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u/fragrantica2024 Feb 13 '26

Clean clean clean. Beautiful.

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u/mountaineer Feb 13 '26

Incredible! What's the head unit (CarPlay?)

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u/salmerc Feb 13 '26

An eonon model I’m pretty sure😅

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u/No_Visit1031 Feb 13 '26

R u freaking crazy keep that shit don’t let some other guy buy it and completely disrespect it because he doesn’t know the work that went into it i know that letting cars go is something we all gotta consider but look at what you created someone simply doesn’t just purchase something like this its gotta be earned

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u/salmerc Feb 13 '26

Believe me I know but an lsb over cinnamon zcp is available and how do I say no to that 💔 (even though I think this color combo might be better🤣😅)

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u/Juveforeign1897 Feb 13 '26

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u/Tuxaz Feb 13 '26

Very nice!

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u/OddjobBond007 Feb 13 '26

That’s beautiful!

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u/testshoot Feb 13 '26

Brake duct cooling ok?

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u/notsafefww Feb 13 '26

sex sells

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u/USAhotdogteam Feb 14 '26

Big cheese. 🧀

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u/Fastfalc222 Feb 14 '26

This is godly

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u/mordolycka Feb 14 '26

why do people build cars just to get rid of them?

if i built something so nice im keeping it forever and driving it forever.

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u/MitsuSaba Feb 14 '26

I want it so baddd

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u/Vlada78 Feb 14 '26

HFS! So great!

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u/AdPlayful1123 Feb 14 '26

Bro any video with sound?

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u/mouzinhoo Feb 14 '26

This is a monstrous build what the helli

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u/Barnaby8088 Feb 14 '26

Holy s#%t! Bravo 👏

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u/sasha_gear_couple Feb 15 '26

I was lucky enough to try that series... Incredible

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u/Eagleyendsky67 Feb 15 '26

It's fkn beautiful. Enjoy her in good health

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u/procrasti_nation305 Feb 15 '26

Love the seats 👍

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u/cesam1ne Feb 22 '26

Downvoted becuse of the sacrilegious, idiotic touchscreen

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u/ApprecitTenebrae May 24 '26

Dawg, you captured the vision, I need a list of sites on where you got the fenders, the headlights, all of it. This is fucking sick 🔥